SUNY, Cuomo back tougher standards for teaching programs

6:03 PM,
Sep. 23, 2013

Written by

Ashley Hupfl
Journal Albany bureau

Students looking to become teachers through State University of New York colleges and universities will face higher admission requirements under a resolution approved by the SUNY Board of Trustees last week.

By the 2015-16 school year, prospective teachers and principals must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and take a high-level exam, such as the GRE, to be accepted into a teaching program at a SUNY graduate school. For undergraduate programs, a student must have graduated within the 30th percentile of their class, according to the resolution.